Judges 3
3
1Now these [are] the nations which the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) left, to prove Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] by them, [even] as many [of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]] as had not known all the wars of Kena’an [Merchant];
2Only that the generations of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3 [Namely], five lords of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], and all the Kena’ani [Merchant], and the Tzidonim [Hunting], and the Hivi [Villagers] that dwelt in mount L’vanon [Whiteness], from mount Ba’al [lord (a false god)] between Mount Ba’al-Hermon [Lord of Destruction] unto the entering in of Hamat [Fortress].
4And they were to prove Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters].
5And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] dwelt among the Kena’ani [Merchant], Hitti [Terrorists], and Emori [Highlanders], and P’rizi [Dwellers in Unwalled Towns], and Hivi [Villagers], and Y’vusi [Threshers, Trampled Under Foot]:
6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] did evil in the sight of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and forgot the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and served Ba’alim [lords (false gods)] and the groves.
8Therefore the anger of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was hot against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and he sold them into the hand of Kushan-Rish’atayim [Twice-Wicked Full of Darkness (A Reference to Ethiopia)] king of Aram (Mesopotamia/Aram (Syria) [exalted]) [Elevated Between the Two Rivers]: and the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] served Kushan-Rish’atayim [Twice-Wicked Full of Darkness (A Reference to Ethiopia)] eight years.
9And when the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] cried unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) raised up a deliverer to the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], who delivered them, [even] ‘Otni’el [Lion of God] the son of K’naz [Hunter], Kalev [Dog]’s younger brother.
10And the Spirit of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came upon him, and he judged Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and went out to war: and the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) delivered Kushan-Rish’atayim [Twice-Wicked Full of Darkness (A Reference to Ethiopia)] king of Aram (Mesopotamia/Aram (Syria) [exalted]) [Elevated Between the Two Rivers] into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Kushan-Rish’atayim [Twice-Wicked Full of Darkness (A Reference to Ethiopia)].
11And the land had rest forty years. And ‘Otni’el [Lion of God] the son of K’naz [Hunter] died.
12And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] did evil again in the sight of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): and the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) strengthened ‘Eglon [Calf-like] the king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
13And he gathered unto him the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] and ‘Amalek [Dweller in a Valley], and went and struck Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and possessed the city of palm trees.
14So the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] served ‘Eglon [Calf-like] the king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] eighteen years.
15But when the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] cried unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) raised them up a deliverer, Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] the son of Gera [A Grain], from the tribe of Binyamin [A Son of the Right Hand], a man left-handed: and by him the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] sent a present unto ‘Eglon [Calf-like] the king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father].
16But Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his clothing upon his right thigh.
17And he brought the present unto ‘Eglon [Calf-like] king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: and ‘Eglon [Calf-like] [was] a very fat man.
18And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.
19But he himself turned again from the quarries that [were] by Gilgal [A Wheel, Rolling], and said, I have a secret errand unto youi, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
20And Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] said, I have a message from God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] unto youi. And he arose out of [his] seat.
21And Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
22And the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23Then Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour [were] locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber.
25And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, behold, their lord [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
26And Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Se’irah [The Shaggy].
27And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], and the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
28And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has delivered your enemies the Mo’avi [of his father] into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Yarden [Descender] toward Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and did not allow a man to pass over.
29And they killed of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
30So Mo’av [Seed of my Father] was subdued that day under the hand of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]. And the land had rest eighty years.
31And after him was Shamgar [Sword] the son of ‘Anat [Answer], which killed of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] six hundred men with an ox goad (a pointed stick to get animals moving): and he also delivered Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
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